What are the current prices and wavelengths for UV diodess ? Down to about 395nm (which is deep purple, more or less, but well capable of inflicting UV-style fluorescence and such in most long-wave UV materials), you're looking at less than $3 per LED. I bought some from Hong Kong without any problems: http://shop.auctionwatch.com/ledcenter/ BillW -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.